- Author: Andy Fell
- Author: Kat Kerlin
Reposted from UC Davis News
As climate change transforms California's landscape in the years to come, coastal habitats appear to be more resilient than many other places in the state. (Getty Images)
Current levels of greenhouse gas emissions are putting nearly half of California's natural vegetation at risk from climate stress, with transformative implications for the state's landscape and the people and animals that depend on it, according to a...
- Author: Jeannette Warnert
Newly minted UC fire scientist Kate Wilkin moves into fire country
Fire scientist Kate Wilkin was on the job just a few weeks...
- Author: Kat Kerlin
Reprinted from UC Davis News
As Timberland Converts to Cannabis, Spotted Owls and Barred Owls Test Positive for Rat Poison
- Author: Yana Valachovic
Reposted from the UC IGIS blog
Recently I was fortunate to work with the IGIS team in Santa Rosa and Sonoma to explore why so many homes and buildings were lost in the October Tubbs and Nuns Fires. With the IGIS's Shane Feirer we collected drone-based video to record how the fires burned through the vegetation near and around the lost structures.
We observed several sites where there was little fire activity in the forests or woodlands, yet the homes burned. This type of video helps us document how devastating a wind-driven...